GZ Weekender/NAE 2012

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jcheeseright said:
I am extremely interested in going along to this, just had my summer leave confirmed and I'll definitely be off that weekend. Anyone have any objections to taking a (relative) newbie along? Also, what to do about battery charging, other than just bringing along a couple of fully charged ones?
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I don't mind n00bs, I'm not that long from being one myself, and compared to some I still am...

I dunno if there'll be any battery charging opportunities. I mean I expect some people will bring generators and maybe the GZ people will provide some power, maybe not, but if there are 1600+ people there the chances of getting to use any of those options is pretty slim, eh?

I'm going with stocking up on batteries in the coming weeks and taking them all fully charged.

What batteries have you got and for what gun/s?

 
give me your car and i have a charger that charges airsoft batterys off a 12volt car battery.of course your welcome imo.everyone was a noob once and airsoft is about getting together

 
Gun is a TM M4A1 with a few mods and a TM 5-7 GBB, takes a mini type battery in the foregrip, I have 3 batteries available, 2x 1600mah ones and a 600mah emergency one. Will that be enough providing they're fully charged?

Fair point about the 1600 people and charging ability... Anything available to all would end up being swamped anyway.

Regarding being quick, I've got more than a week yet, that's ages!

 
ive got the same m4 im planning on taking it with me lipo batt's tend to pack a lot of power

 
I think I'll just get another 1600mah battery and hope for the best, it's only 2 days skirmishing really. Have permission from the boss (mrs jcheeseright) so I'll book up this weekend. Where do I get an AF-UK patch from?

 
I use a 1600mAh mini stick type NiMh in my AK - it lasts me until early afternoon on a day skirmishing from about 09:50. I've got a 1500 that sees me to the end of the day, 16:00-ish. I'm planning on getting another 1600 and I've got the 1100 that came with the gun for emergencies (it doesn't perform as well as it should - I can literally run it down in 45mins of intense skirmish). I expect that 3 1600s should do you.

If you see a post by Devastator, there's a link in his siggy to buy a patch, otherwise there's a pinned thread.

If that's an open offer to the AF-UK team, Josh, thanks! I might need a squirt of juice for my L1A1 - assuming somebody is coming in a car of course, because I haven't got one!

 
I've never flattened a battery at a skirmish, and I used to use an 8.4V 1100mAh in my M4. Now use an 8.4V 3700mAh in my M16, so there's pretty much no chance of me flattening it. Used it 3 skirmishes in a row without charging before.

As we're on the topic of batteries, would a 7.4V 1600mAh Li-Po last the same length of time as a 9.6V 1600mAh Ni-MH?

Also, with Li-Pos, what's the C rating mean?

Gonna need to use a Li-Po in my new M4 when I get it, and what'll fit is a 7.4V 1450mAh 20C+ continuous discharge one, how will that last in comparison to a standard 9.6V 1600mAh?

 
How many BBs do you get through on average, in a day's skirmishing, Liam?

 
Ah, well there we are then... I get through an average of 4000! I big into suppressing fire.

 
I take a couple of shots, if they miss then I tend to stop firing and get closer. Work on the logic of 'if I can't hit them, they can't hit me', which most of the time with my M16 is true :P

 
I'm old, knackered and a bit infirm (I have to cane my pain meds to skirmish at all), so running is not something I can do much of, so I often support the team by firing at the enemies' cover to make them keep their head down while my more active team mates move up, by the sounds of it, like you.

 
If I feel lazy, or stayed up all night the night before, then I snipe all day instead. Much less work, find a nice bush and lay there most of the day :P . In the afternoon game, I usually stay in literally one place with my sniper and a few mates (another sniper and 2 AEGs), the four of us can hold the position all afternoon :P

 
Yeah, that sounds like a plan! I'm only just starting to get to grips with how to go about skirmishing with my DWR, but maybe I can take some pointers from you @NAE12.

 
i used 3500 for both days,night game and bedding a new hop in,in the range last year.Ian last year all the althletes ran straight into the fight and 200 came back dead so its better to play tactical,the sites that big you cant run everywhere with all gear trust me i tried it and nearly died and im healthy aswell

 
So Josh, are the regens really far away from where the action congregates? & how long do the skirmishes last for?

 
I'm pretty sure it's one big game that lasts all day as opposed to loads of seperate one (obviously you can stop and take a break when you want)7I haven't been to GZW for a while but regens can be a bit of a walk- one of the complaints after last year was that people struggled to find them so they should have addressed that for this year

 
it all depends on where you are as they are random point and the points have different dead times,your main base is a regen of 5 mins,some can be 10 mins others 15 mins.their are around 9 dead zones including your own base.game times are around 10:30 am until 4.30 pm both days but you can go for lunch whenever you want or go back to your tent.the night game is lots of smaller games about 25 v 25 and that is 8pm until 12 pm

 
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So during the day it'll be a good idea to go into the field with plenty of water and full mags, yeah? My camelbak is feeling like a really good idea right now!

 
yes mate especially if the starting areas were the same as last year.on saturday delta were the furthest away from the camp/food area and sunday they were the closest.could be different this year though.2 high caps and a mid last me fine as you fill up in the dead zone.

 
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